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German translation: Fähigkeit zu autonomem Handeln

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English term or phrase:	independent capacity for action
German translation:	Fähigkeit zu autonomem Handeln
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17:23 Mar 3, 2006

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English term or phrase: independent capacity for action

The European Union has had a common security policy (ECSP) since 1992 and, since 1999, it has also had a security and defence policy (ESDP). The EU thus has the policies but what is still missing is, in a nutshell, a common defence capability. However, by virtue of being a world economic power and a political entity, it is a major player on the world stage with its interests, values and positions to defend. But, until recently, it didn’t really have the means of doing so. It was the war in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s which brought home the stark realisation that the EU was incapable of providing an adequate response to conflicts like this. As a result, at the 1999 Helsinki Summit, Member States decided to establish “an independent capacity for action backed by credible military forces.”

Der Begriff steht ganz am Ende. Wenn jemand eine Idee für das ganze Zitat hat (“an independent capacity for action backed by credible military forces”), umso besser, mir läuft nämlich die Zeit davon (muss in einer halben Stunde abgeben...).

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die Fähigkeit zu autonomem Handeln, gestützt auf glaubwürdige militärische Fähigkeiten

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SCHLUSSFOLGERUNGEN DES VORSITZES, EUROPÄISCHER RAT IN KÖLN 3. UND 4. JUNI 1999

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http://www.bundesregierung.de/dokumente/-,413.447701/Lexikon...

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die Fähigkeit zu autonomem Handeln, gestützt auf glaubwürdige militärische Fähigkeiten

hirselina

Handlungsfähigkeit frei von Abhängigkeiten

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Handlungsfähigkeit frei von Abhängigkeiten

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... haben die Mitgliedstaaten [...] beschlossen, mittels ernst zu nehmender Militärkräfte in ihrer Handlungsfähigkeit frei von Abhängigkeiten zu werden.

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die Fähigkeit zu autonomem Handeln, gestützt auf glaubwürdige militärische Fähigkeiten

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